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1. What is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC®)?

A CLNC® is a registered nurse who has successfully mastered the CLNC® Certification Program. Legal nurse consulting is a field of nursing which uses knowledge and experience gained by nurses for legal purposes. Lawyers hire legal nurse consultants to review medical charts and to acquaint them with medical terms and documentation styles for court cases. A legal nurse consultant is also a registered nurse who abides by state, federal and local laws.

Malaer Legal Nurse Consulting Malaer Legal Nurse Consulting LLC (MNLC) has the expertise to quickly pinpoint and interpret medical and nursing issues in any case involving health, illness or injury. MNLC is a valuable asset to lawyers because of their resourcefulness, experience and knowledge. Services are also cost-effective.

MLNC has a strong knowledge base about the clinical aspects of nursing and the health and disease processes. MLNC bridges the gap between medical and legal entities in medical claims and cases, and is an integral part of the legal team, serving as educators, analysts, collaborators and strategists. MNLC applies healthcare, nursing and medical knowledge to their role and holds a standard of integrity in practice.

Legal nurse consulting is a field of nursing which uses knowledge and experience gained by nurses for legal purposes. They have a strong knowledge base about the clinical aspects of nursing, health and disease processes. They bridge the gap between medical and legal entities in medical claims and cases. Lawyers hire legal nurse consultants to review medical charts and to acquaint them with medical terms and documentation styles for court cases.

Legal nurse consultants are a part of a legal team, serving as educators, analysts, collaborators and strategists. They apply their healthcare, nursing and medical knowledge to their role and hold a standard of integrity in their practice.

2. How does using Malaer Legal Nurse Consulting benefit you?

MLNC consultants must always be knowledgeable about current scopes and standards of the profession. MLNC does not practice law, but assists lawyers in resolving complex medical cases which require legal interventions. Lawyers may hire MLNC for assistance with many types of legal health issues such as malpractice cases, forensic/criminal cases and civil rights. MLNC also assists with legal matters such as employment discrimination, risk management and regulatory compliance.

Increase settlement dollars
Improve trial outcomes
Saves you time and money through hassle-free analysis and deciphering of pertinent medical records
Research and apply authoritative medical/nursing literature
Simplifies your case preparation
Provides you with a critical advantage by adding over 20 years of healthcare knowledge, experience and expertise to your case
Strengthens your case by locating the best medical and nursing expert witnesses
dentifies tampering of medical records

3. Why do attorneys need Malaer Legal Nurse Consulting LLC?

While the attorney is the legal expert, the MLNC consultant is the expert on the healthcare system and its inner workings. Nowhere else will the legal profession have access to this level of cost-effective expertise for reviewing medical records, as well as understanding and communicating the terminology and subtleties of the healthcare system.

4.When should attorneys call Malaer Legal Nurse Consulting LLC?

The moment a potential medically-related case arrives. MLNC becomes an invaluable asset by identifying the medical issues, screening the case for merit, making sense out of voluminous amounts of cryptic medical records, and providing services relevant to the case.